Tabucchis Blau
hochsommerhimmel
über Lissabons hügeln
so blau daß es beinahe beißt
so schön daß es beinahe schmerzt
und vor der gleißenden steilen
vielfach verschachtelten stadt
ruft mit demselben trunknen blau
die bucht dir unbeirrbar zu:
du stehst immer am anfang
einer entdeckungsfahrt!
Christina Egan © 2012
„con… il sole che splendeva, e con una città che scintillava, letteralmente scintillava sotto la sua finestra, e un azzurro, un azzurro mai visto, sostiene Pereira, di un nitore che quasi feriva gli occhi…”
Antonio Tabucchi, Sostiene Pereira
Antonio Tabucchi (1943-2012) loved Lisbon and lived there. I wrote this poem for him when he died: his last voyage would be the one to another, even more beautiful world. The last line can, however, be interpreted in many other ways.
Illustration: “Elba — Land der Esel” by Ottilie Ehlers-Kollwitz (1955). With kind permission of Galerie Klaus Spermann.
Christina Egan 